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put it into a difh of water, and then 

 wafh and rub it betwixt your hands 

 til you make in cleane, and as free 

 from husks as you can ; then put that 

 water from it, and put a fmal quan- 

 titie of freili water to it, and fet it in 

 fomething that is fit for that 

 purpofe , over the fire , where it is 

 not to boil apace, but leifurely, and 

 very foftly, until it become fome- 

 what foft, which you may try by 

 feeling it betwixt your finger and 

 thumb; and when it is foft, then 

 put your water from i t, and then take 

 a fharp knife, and Aiming thefprout 

 end of the corn upward, with the 

 point of your knife tak^ the back 

 part of the husk off from it, and yet 

 leaving a kind of husk on the corn, 

 or elfe it is marr'd ; and then cut off 

 that fprouted end (I mean a little of 

 it) that the white may appear, and 

 fo pull off the husk on the cloven fide 

 (as I directed you) and then cutting 

 off a very little of the other end, that 

 Q fo 



